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I fear the Republican-American has been misinformed on House Bill 6690: An Act Concerning Court Proceeding and Animal Protection (April 29 editorial, "Fiddling while the state burns"). The bill applies only to Section 53-247 of the General Statutes, which specifies animal cruelty, not civil court cases.

The bill also looks at animal cruelty as a predictor of future violent behavior. Between 1997 and 2001, all seven school shooters were involved in criminal animal cruelty activities before they went to their respective schools to kill and injure. For example, in 1998, Kip Kinkel put firecrackers in cats' mouths and watched them blow up before killing his parents and moving on to Thurston High School, killing two and wounding 12. The Columbine duo is mutilated animals before kiilling 12 and wounded 24 at their high school in 1999.

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